Raw & Vegan Energy Balls made with coconut flour and dates.

I love to come home after work and snack on a couple of energy balls. Usually I am hungry and they fill me up just enough so I don’t feel stuffed before dinner. I created this recipe because I wanted to use some of my coconut flour that I bought per accident. Sometimes I apparently can not differentiate between coco and cacao when buying stuff 🙂

Ingredients:

1 cup or 240 ml coconut flour

2 tbsp cacao powder

10 dates

1 handful of raisins

1 tbsp hemp seeds

1 tbsp agave syrup

1/2 cup or 120 ml water, or as much as necessary so the balls stick together

Put all the ingredients in a blender. Then shape the paste into balls using your hands or a spoon. Refrigerate.

Yes, this smoothie is green and it actually tastes good. In fact, I go as far and say it is delicious. I must admit, as much as I love living a healthy lifestyle, I was never a big fan of green smoothies. They just tasted bad in my opinion. However, then I created this recipe and I just look forward every morning to drink it. It tastes delicious. The dates make it a sweet treat in the morning.

Ingredients

(makes ca. 900 ml or 4 cups)

1 handful of lettuce

2 kale leafs

2 handful of spinach

half an apple

half a celery stick

8 dates

2 bananas

parsley (optional)

150 ml or 5/8 cup coconut water

80 ml or 1/3 cup oat milk ( or whatever vegan milk you prefer)

180 ml or 3/4 cup water

2 tsp lemon juice (optional)

Usually, I tend to put all the greens first in the blender together with the liquids, then I add all the other stuff and blend it again.

Feel free to mix and match all different kinds of greens and fruit according to what is available and in season. However, I really recommend to include the dates as they make this smoothie extra sweet.